Sunday, April 28, 2013

A few weeks ago, I took a 30 minute technology class after school. The topic was Instagram and I was very excited about it. I opened a personal and classroom Instagram account. Now, I'm linking up to share photos, some personal and some school. Check us out on Instagram every Tuesday!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Our fairly tale unit is beginning next week and I needed a journal! Sooooo....POOF! I created a fairy tale journal that I'll use for organizing my students' writing,
including a castle craft! The journal has a cover page, story element
comparison chart, a "beginning of the story" and "end of story" page.
Patterns and instructions for the castle are included. In our class, we
focus on four main fairy tales, The Princess and the Pea, Jack and the
Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel. Then, for each story,
copy the summary page, beginning and ending sheets. The chart and pages are generic so the journal can be used with any fairy tale. Click on the photo and check it out!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Let's practice math fact families! The fact houses can be used as part of
math workstations or whole group practice. Check out the fact family houses posted to TPT for SMARTBoard. They go with the word family houses posted last month.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

I've been trying to figure out something fun for my students to create with story elements...so I came up with Story Chains. On each link, the students can write or illustrate the various elements...setting, character, beginning, middle, end. The students are using the chains for retelling and I'm using their chains for comprehension and writing assessments. This chain is based on Leo the Late Bloomer by: Robert Kraus. I LOVE this story! It's so sweet and many of my kinders can really relate to Leo's struggles. Check it out on TPT. Check back soon for Knuffle Bunny Story Chain.

Renate and Heather began teaching Pre-K together in 2000. Then, they moved to kindergarten. Renate has three children. She enjoys doing anything creative. Heather has been married 20 years and has two children. She enjoys reading and watching her boys play sports.